Intertextuality in Vecchi’s Canzonettas and Madrigals, 1583–1590

• Published in: Singing Games in Early Modern Italy p. 43
• Main Author: Schleuse, Paul
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: United States Indiana University Press 08.06.2015
• Subjects: Arts; Behavioral sciences; Biological sciences; Biology; Death; Developmental biology; Games; Intertextuality; Leisure studies; Life cycle; Literary genres; Literary studies; Literature; Love poetry; Madrigals; Music; Music genres; Music theory; Musical games; Musical performance; Musical pitch; Musical register; Part songs; Pastoral poetry; Performing arts; Poetic forms; Poetic movements; Poetry; Popular music; Popular songs; Recreation; Singing; Singing games; Stanzas; Textuality

As we have seen in chapter 1, by 1580 Vecchi had effectively invented a new genre: the four-voice canzonetta, a kind of music that found immense popularity in print and that was particularly suited to recreational singing. In his first two books of canzonettas, he established the genre’s kinship wit...